worthwhile
English
/wɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, /wɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/
adj
Definitions
- Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Etymology
Compound from English worth (become, worthy, happen, turn into, honorable) + English while.
Origin
English
while
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwhile English
- beword English
- dearworth English
- erewhile English
- erstwhile English
- farthingsworth English
- forworth English
- groatsworth English
- handwhile English
- meanwhile English
- moneyworth English
- nonworthwhile English
- nowhile English
- otherwhile English
- outworth English
- pennyworth English
- quidsworth English
- self-worth English
- shillingsworth English
- somewhile English
- therewhile English
- umwhile English
- unworth English
- unworthwhile English
- while English
- whilemeal English
- whilend English
- whilere English
- whiles English
- whilst English
- worship English
- worth English
- worthen English
- worthful English
- worthless English
- worthly English
- worthwhileness English
- worthy English
- hwīl Old English
- worth Middle English
- while-løkke Danish
- while
- worth
- whiles
- worthy
- beword
- whilst
- worthly
- worship
- umwhile
- worthen
- nowhile
- unworth
- whilend
- whilere
- forworth
- outworth
- erewhile
- worthful
- meanwhile
- worthless
- whilemeal
- handwhile
- somewhile
- dearworth
- erstwhile
- pennyworth
- self-worth
- quidsworth
- moneyworth
- otherwhile
- afterwhile
- therewhile
- groatsworth
- unworthwhile
- nonworthwhile
- worthwhileness
- farthingsworth
- shillingsworth